Interior decorators and interior designers frequently look to clocks of all kinds, including wall clocks, mantel clocks and grandfather clocks as a way to add touches of color, home decor and a certain ambiance to a living room or bedroom in a home, whether the home is contemporary or classic.  One interesting note is that for new home construction, including in high-end residential multiple family structures, both for sales and rentals, we have had some major home builders purchase grandfather clocks to place in their model homes.  Guess what?  Apparently, many of the home buyer and house buyers will frequently key in on the grandfather clock and ask if they will get that exact clock if they were to purchase a home.  We have received a bunch of grandfather clock orders over the years because of this.  It is also good that the home builders in these cases went with a new vs antique grandfather clock because it would be difficult if not near-impossible to replicate antique grandfather clocks that are genuine antiques.  It would take locating exactly the same model and make, which is not an easy task.

Grandfather clocks in businesses and other organizations such as Universities, Hospitals, Museums, Government Agencies, pretty much you name it, seem to have a need and desire for one or many grandfather clocks to place on their property.  Planned communities and residential communities and homes targeting older populations also find a special need or desire for grandfather clocks. Purchasing agents are especially fond of working with us.

It is fascinating to us the extent to which more and more of the population and our customer base consider our website to be an enormous grandfather clock showroom, and appreciate the much greater product selection, from mantle clocks to wall clocks to grandfather clocks, than any single store, including our own, could ever offer to the public.

We have thought many times of devoting a website to which people could post pictures and videos of their favorite clocks.  We have even considered standalone websites for each of the major clock makers that we carry, such as one for Howard Miller Clocks, one for Museum Clocks™, another for Ridgeway Clocks, Hermle Floor Clocks and Kieninger clocks.  We would absolutely categorize it by type of clock, such was wall clocks, grandmother clocks, grandfather wall clocks, mantel clocks, atomic clocks, novelty clocks, wristwatches, radio controlled clocks, miniature clocks, custom clocks, neon clocks, skeleton clocks, grandfather clocks and automata, including what we refer to as wonder timepieces including congreve clocks and inclined plane clocks, just to name a couple.

Is there a lesson we have learned that we can share?  Absolutely.  Our opinion is that an investment in a grandfather clock, even or perhaps especially if you are thinking of selling your home or large apartment, will lead to a sale price that significantly exceeds the cost of a grandfather clock.

Did you also know that other terms synonymous with grandfather clocks include floor clocks, hall clocks, grandmother clocks (which are simply shorter versions of the same animal), tall case clocks and longcase clocks.

We invite you to pick up a copy of Architectural Digest, or House & Garden or even Vogue, thumb through the pages, particular when there is a room makeover or home makeover featured story.  It is quite likely that you will see a grandfather clock or wall or mantel clock in the “after” picture.  We have even been asked to and agreed to supply Vogue Magazine with a particular grandfather clock that they could and would and did use for just that very purpose.

Keep in mind that when you purchase a grandfather clock from 1-800-4CLOCKS.com, you get Free Shipping to the Continental USA and Canada, free in-home set-up by a certified technician (yes, anywhere in the USA!), and we charge no sales tax outside of New York State.  Additionally, we always work with our customers to offer the best possible price, because everyone loves grandfather clocks on sale and discount grandfather clocks, and we even spell out our low price guarantee on our website.

Here are some of our current bestsellers. Note that the Howard Miller Clayton Grandfather Clock and the Howard Miller Sewart Grandfather Clock each offer a particularly unique feature, which is a very high quality German mechanical movement which not only has the more customary Westminster Chime, but also has the Beethoven Ave Maria and Schubert Ode to Joy chime options.  These chimes are on a number of wall clocks and mantel clocks, but it is especially rare to see them on a mechanical chiming clock, which affords a much higher chiming sound quality.

Howard Miller Stewart Grandfather Clock
List: $4,525.00
SALE: $3,167.50

Howard Miller Clayton Grandfather Clock
List: $4,525.00
SALE: $3,167.50

Howard Miller Neilson Grandfather Clock
List: $4,011.00
SALE: $2,807.70

Sometimes grandfather clocks for less is more and sometimes it is not.  If this sounds baffling, is the age old time truism that what you pay for is not what you always get, and sometimes you do get a grandfather clock that you expected for what you paid.

There are many elements to consider when shopping for grandfather clocks.  There is of course the grandfather clock itself, by such fine makers as Howard Miller Clocks and Ridgeway Clocks and Museum Clocks™ Grandfather Clocks.  But a grandfather clock shopper has to be extremely careful not to be fooled by appearances, or clocks that may look like the grandfather clocks of other makers which may have similar sounding names, only to find out that these grandmother and grandfather clocks may require major assembly, may be made of particle board vs solid wood, and may have a movement which is of very poor quality.

Smart grandfather clocks shopping, even when looking for grandfather clock discounts and grandfather clocks on sale, requires looking at elements beyond the brand.  This includes service, including delivery service and what exactly is offered and is it delivered in the way described.  We at 1-800-4clocks.com get many repeat clocks purchasers because they are so pleased with the delivery and free in-home setup we offer, by qualified professionals, to our customers for most floor clock purchases.

Grandfather clock product selection is another important element in a purchase decision.  In carrying only the finest brands with the best values, including Museum Clocks™ Grandfather Clocks and Kieninger Clocks, we make certain that customers are choosing only among high quality offerings, and yet still with a great range of selections and alternatives.  Our Museum Clocks™ Grandfather Clocks brand features many of the very same grandfather clocks, made by the very same people with the same solid wood and other materials, same high-quality mechanical triple chime German Hermle movement, that were made and offered by Bulova Clocks and the venerable Sligh Grandfather Clocks, neither of which currently offer or sell any grandfather clocks any more.

Quality movements are also vitally important, and currently all of our mechanical grandfather clocks feature German made movements made either by Hermle Clock or Kieninger Clock.  Those two companies are the only remaining high-end makers of grandfather clock movements that continue to make mechanical grandfather clock movements in any large quantity.

Quality and type of wood is also critically important.  Unless obvious, such as with a wrought iron floor clock, the grandfather clocks that we carry are all solid wood, sometimes with a certain wood veneer that is built to last more than the lifetime of the clocks.  Some brands, like our own Museum Clocks Grandfather Clocks, have cases that are made 100% of the type of wood described.  So an Oak Grandfather Clock or a Cherry grandfather clock means solid oak wood and solid cherry wood construction, even including the backside of the clock, where some makers make the wood razor thin thinking the grandfather clock will be up against the wall anyway.

Chimes and the sound quality are critical.  Mechanical movement chimes offer the best sound quality, and tubular chime grandfather clocks are in a class by themselves and will not even be discussed further in this post.  Cable-driven clocks can be simply a single chime Westminster Chime grandfather clock, or a triple Chime featuring most commonly the Whittington and St Michaels Chime additionally, and on a few select models the grandfather clocks may also have the Beethoven Ode to Joy and Schubert Ave Maria chimes as additional chiming options.  Mechanical chain driven grandfather clocks will typically have only the Westminster Chime, and few of the additional features such as auto night shut off and revolving moondial that many customers adore.

Additional features include automatic nighttime shutoff on many of the cable driven mechanical grandfather clocks and grandmother clocks.  Working or rotating moondials or moonphase dial, as opposed to a stationery faux dial on many chain driven mechanical clocks, can be an added bonus.  Illuminated grandfather clock dials, or lights in the interior cabinetry containing the weights and pendulum, are another added bonus feature.

So when considering what you get for your money, a grandfather clocks smart shopper needs to always do their homework, and know what they are getting for their hard-earned dollars.  Sometimes less is more, sometimes more is less.

Museum Clocks Grandfather Clock Collection

Museum Clocks™